Current perspectives in the application of medicinal plants against cancer: novel therapeutic agents

S Gezici, N Şekeroğlu - Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and
proliferation. It has become a major health problem in the past decades and is now the …

Natural products as leads to anticancer drugs

M Gordaliza - Clinical and Translational Oncology, 2007 - Springer
Throughout history, natural products have afforded a rich source of compounds that have
found many applications in the fields of medicine, pharmacy and biology. Within the sphere …

Targeted photodynamic therapy of breast cancer cells using antibody-phthalocyanine-gold nanoparticle conjugates

T Stuchinskaya, M Moreno, MJ Cook… - Photochemical & …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract A 4-component antibody-phthalocyanine-polyethylene glycol-gold nanoparticle
conjugate is described for use as a potential drug for targeted photodynamic cancer therapy …

[图书][B] Anticancer agents from natural products

GM Cragg, DGI Kingston, DJ Newman - 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
Plants, marine organisms, and microorganisms have evolved complex chemical defense
and signaling systems that are designed to protect them from predators and provide other …

Tubulin-interactive natural products as anticancer agents

DGI Kingston - Journal of natural products, 2009 - ACS Publications
This review provides an overview of the discovery, structures, and biological activities of
anticancer natural products that act by inhibiting or promoting the assembly of tubulin to …

Strategies for the optimization of natural leads to anticancer drugs or drug candidates

Z Xiao, SL Morris‐Natschke… - Medicinal research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Natural products have made significant contribution to cancer chemotherapy over the past
decades and remain an indispensable source of molecular and mechanistic diversity for …

How do microtubule-targeted drugs work? An overview

MA Jordan, K Kamath - Current cancer drug targets, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
The importance of microtubules in mitosis makes them a superb target for a group of highly
successful, chemically diverse anticancer drugs. Knowledge of the mechanistic differences …

Water soluble, multifunctional antibody-porphyrin gold nanoparticles for targeted photodynamic therapy

O Penon, MJ Marín, DA Russell… - Journal of colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment of cancer by which tumour cells are destroyed
using reactive oxygen species produced by photosensitizers following activation with visible …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and efficacy of neratinib (HKI-272) plus vinorelbine in the treatment of patients with ErbB2-positive metastatic breast cancer pretreated with anti-HER2 …

A Awada, L Dirix, LM Sanchez, B Xu, T Luu, V Diéras… - Annals of oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background Neratinib (HKI-272) is a potent irreversible pan-ErbB tyrosine
kinase inhibitor with clinical activity in patients with ErbB2/HER2-positive breast cancer …

Metastatic breast cancer: an updating

A Nicolini, R Giardino, A Carpi, P Ferrari… - Biomedicine & …, 2006 - Elsevier
This article reports on recent advances on metastatic breast cancer. Detection, prognostic
factors, predictors of response to therapy and therapy, with particular regard to targeted …